No surprise here...just breaks my heart & ticks me off that our young men & women gave life & limb to this crap hole of a country.
All is well in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen! In further news the U.S. economy is booming.
Undocumented Demoncrat McCain
and the undocumented Indonesian Marxist
must be high five-ing their corrupt evil achievement today.
Slavery, rape, crucifixion ... all caused by THEM.
Wasn’t this a Saddam supporters stronghold. Maybe they welcome ISIS. Maybe they are ISIS.
Joe Biden is having his wish. Iraq is divided into 3 countries
The Sunni-Isis entity
The Kurds
The shiite rump that’s controlled by Iran
America should not fight wars like this again. Not because we are not capable of winning, but our own domestic politics and internal divisions will not let the US win.
But the two creeds broadly overlap in several regards, especially their reliance on fear to secure the submission of the people under the group’s rule. Two decades ago, the elaborate and cruel forms of torture perpetrated by Hussein dominated the discourse about Iraq, much as the Islamic State’s harsh punishments do today.
The hidden hand behind the Islamic State militants? Saddam Hussein’s.
To me the most important issue here is how should the Republican Presidential Candidates handle this?
Should they emphasize the original mistake of invading in the first place, or the secondary (but much more recent) mistake of turning victory into defeat.
The temptation is to emphasize the latter and heap well-deserved condemnation on Obama for walking away from the victory that was created by the surge and letting Iraq go into free-fall when it could easily have been prevented.
But I am afraid that is not the best electoral strategy. The American people don’t want to hear about how (maybe) we should return to Iraq. As much as it might seem irrelevant now, I think on this issue it’s more prudent to say something along the lines of “President Bush didn’t fail because of faulty WMD estimates, he failed because of faulty understanding of the structure of power in that part of the world, and how necessary a strong-man in Iraq was for maintaining regional stability”.
More Americans died in Anbar than any other province. Fallujah became a symbol of al-Qaeda resistance in 2004, leading to a bloody U.S. Marine-led offensive that drove militants out of the city after intense street fighting. More than 80 Americans were killed in combat during the second battle of Fallujah in November and December, 2004.
In a speech at Ft. Bragg, NC on December 14, 2011, President Barack Obama said the United States was “leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people.”
“Iraq’s future will be in the hands of its people. America’s war in Iraq will be over” he remarked. And “Iraq is not a perfect place. It has many challenges ahead. But we’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people. We’re building a new partnership between our nations.”
Anbar = Obamaville
It’s that dang JV team.
When Bush was in office he took on and won against the varsity team. For some reason, the current office holder isn’t able to take on even the JV team. It is a good thing he hasn’t had to go up against a varsity team. Well at least he knows his limitations. But it makes us all look bad.
Eric Shawn and Bolton are talking about Ramadi on FOX, right now.
It just must be a coincidence that the Sunday “news” shows focused on the Delta Force raid in Syria while omitting any mention of what is happening in Ramadi and Anbar Province. I guess Obama’s admonition to concentrate on good news only is bearing fruit.
BREAKING: State TV: Iraqi premier orders forces not to abandon positions in Anbar to Islamic State group.
540 days until Obama is out of office...
I’m sure this is a result of Obama’s massive air campaign.
The Saudis can’t have Isis fail and then have Iran come after them. Sooooo.....they will continue to support ISIS until they can come up with a better buffer. True or False?
What else are the Saudis gonna do? They can’t count on Odumbi, and if Hillary wins it will be just as bad. What would you do if you were the Saudis?
I’d beg the only military power on earth willing to strike at Iran to strike ASAP......ISRAEL. I’d promise them money oil and anything else they wanted. .......things that make you go hummm.